Intermittent claudication and sciatics are leg pains having many causes such as disc herniation and spinal stenosis. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa’s chiropractic care offers a distinct treatment plan to ease your leg pain, but we’ll also discuss the critical role of exercise to relieve and control your leg pain. We’re a team with the same goal: pain relief and prevention!

Sciatica – Leg Pain Due to Disc Herniation

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows you won’t believe it, but exercising when you hurt helps. It really does! In patients with leg pain due to a disc herniation, researchers find that patients who exercise get more strength and flexibility and give accounts of less pain. (1) Really!

Now, one study introduces isometric exercise – exercising against resistance - at day 14 after the onset of leg pain. (1) Don’t be surprised if Executive Chiropractic of Iowa gets you started sooner with exercise. This passes some of the control to you. (Certainly, don’t do any exercise until we talk!) But you can help yourself, and we want you to do that. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is here as your partner in healing as well as combating future back pain as well as related leg pain. It’s your body and back ultimately!

Intermittent Claudication – Leg Pain Due to Peripheral Artery Disease or Spinal Stenosis 

Intermittent claudication cramps not just your legs, but also your West Des Moines lifestyle! To improve walking, walking is recommended. We know, it’s obvious, but it works. But resistance training and weight lifting may also help sharpen walking. (2) The mission of these exercise options is the same: get the blood flowing!

Oh how often we hear that at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa! We understand and sympathize. However, we have a recommendation, a research-based suggestion no less! If you are in too much pain, exercising in the water. Researchers note that water exercise is less stressful on muscles. Not too surprising, but they documented it! So get going with aquatic back exercises and move to land as you feel less pain and strengthen your muscles. (3) Check out the West Des Moines pools near you. You’ll be glad you did!

Review these reference articles about the advantage of exercise for leg pain relief. Chat with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa about the exercises appropriate for you, then try some water-based exercise and build up to doing them on land or the exercise ball.

We can't wait to see your progress with West Des Moines's chiropractic treatment and exercise!